CPSC, Rubbermaid Inc. Announce Recall of Icy Rider™ Toboggan
Home product recall 99-030. Announced by CPSC on Dec 1, 1998.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 1, 1998. Copied from CPSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 60,800 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The flexible, bowed front of the toboggan can break away while in use, causing loss of control and injury.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using these toboggans immediately. To make arrangements to get a replacement toboggan with a reinforced bowed front, contact Rubbermaid.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Consumers may contact Rubbermaid at (330) 264-6464, ext. 2500 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. Consumers can also write to the company at: Rubbermaid, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691.
Which ones are recalled?
The Icy Rider™ Toboggan, Model #2108, is made of purple plastic, and has a yellow rope strung around the sides. The toboggan is made from two separate pieces which fit together, and are secured with three yellow bolts. It measures 1.5 feet wide and 5.5 feet long when assembled, and has a red, Rubbermaid logo molded into the bowed front. Icy Rider™ Toboggans with blue plastic and green bolts and ropes are not part of this recall.
About 60,800 units, as CPSC gives them.
Icy Rider™ Toboggans.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Rubbermaid Inc., Wooster, Ohio.
- Toy and warehouse club stores nationwide, including Toys R Us, Sam’s Club and BJ Warehouse Clubs, sold these toboggans, beginning in September 1997, for about $50.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Rubbermaid is aware of six reports of the fronts of these toboggans breaking off, resulting in two injuries. These injuries were a broken leg suffered by an adult, and facial bruises and lacerations suffered by a 4-year-old girl, when the broken piece hit her in the face.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Nov 5, 2026.